Texas Would Get Iconic Space Shuttle From Smithsonian Under Trump’s Budget Bill

Ted Cruz's Bid to Reclaim Space Shuttle Discovery Could Cost $400 Million

Relocating the Space Shuttle to Houston is not only pricey, it could also damage the iconic spacecraft.

Texas would get iconic space shuttle from Smithsonian under Trump’s budget bill

The Smithsonian says the move would cost more than $300 million, including the cost of transfer and construction of a facility to house it in Houston.

Trump’s tax bill would send an iconic Smithsonian spacecraft to Texas

The massive tax and immigration bill moving through Congress would transfer the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to a museum in Houston.

Ted Cruz’s Bid to Reclaim Space Shuttle Discovery Could Cost $400 Million

At a time when money is too tight for NASA’s science exploration endeavors, Texas senators are willing to pour millions into a risky process to relocate the Space Shuttle to Houston under the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill. President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill, which passed the Senate on Tuesday, includes a provision to move the Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum in Virginia to Space Center Houston. T…